Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on 5 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic record was set.
| Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
| 5 February | | 7:38.4 | OR | |
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| Knut Johannesen | | 7:38.4 | |
| Per Ivar Moe | | 7:38.6 | |
| Fred Anton Maier | | 7:42.0 | |
| 4 | Viktor Kosichkin | | 7:45.8 | |
| 5 | Hermann Strutz | | 7:48.3 | |
| 6 | Jonny Nilsson | | 7:48.4 | |
| 7 | Ivar Nilsson | | 7:49.0 | |
| 8 | Rudi Liebrechts | | 7:50.9 | |
| 9 | Kees Verkerk | | 7:51.1 | |
| 10 | Muzakhid Khabibulin | | 7:52.3 | |
| 11 | Günter Traub | | 7:53.9 | |
| 12 | Kurt Stille | | 7:56.1 | |
| 13 | Gerd Zimmermann | | 7:56.8 | - |
| 14 | Renato De Riva | | 7:57.5 | |
| 15 | Kalervo Hietala | | 7:58.8 | |
| 16 | Terry Malkin | | 7:59.4 | |
| 17 | Choi Yeong-Bae | | 8:03.4 | |
| 18 | Jouko Launonen | | 8:03.5 | |
| 19 | Örjan Sandler | | 8:05.3 | |
| 20 | Dick Hunt | | 8:09.7 | |
| 21 | Toivo Salonen | | 8:10.2 | |
| 22 | Tony Bullen | | 8:12.4 | |
| 23 | Satoshi Shinpo | | 8:12.5 | |
| 24 | Toyofumi Aruga | | 8:15.9 | |
| 25 | Ralf Olin | | 8:18.2 | |
| 26 | György Ivánkai | | 8:19.4 | |
| 26 | Yoshihiro Kawano | | 8:19.4 | |
| 28 | Bak Sung-wun | | 8:20.2 | |
| 29 | Wayne LeBombard | | 8:21.3 | |
| 30 | Kim Choon-bong | | 8:22.9 | |
| 31 | Luvsansharavyn Tsend | | 8:23.9 | |
| 32 | Ruedi Uster | | 8:24.8 | |
| 33 | Oldřich Teplý | | 8:25.6 | |
| 34 | Peter Nottet | | 8:26.1 | |
| 35 | Gerald Koning | | 8:26.9 | |
| 36 | Choi Nam-Yeon | | 8:28.0 | |
| 37 | Reinhold Seeböck | | 8:29.6 | |
| 38 | Stan Fail | | 8:31.9 | |
| 39 | Jürgen Schmidt | | 8:36.6 | |
| 40 | Peter Büttner | | 8:45.5 | |
| 41 | Mihály Martos | | 8:47.1 | |
| 42 | Gerhard Strutz | | 8:50.4 | |
